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Lock 60 Historic Site

Lock 60 Historic Site from directly overhead

Lock 60 Historic Site is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 137 m. Stid Hill stands 635 m to the south-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Enlarged Erie Canal Lock No. 60, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 14 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.07012, -77.28235

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Enlarged Erie Canal Lock No. 60: 0.0 mi
  • Enlarged Erie Canal Lock No. 61: 0.8 mi
  • Mud Creek Aqueduct: 1.7 mi
  • Angel Moroni Monument: 5.3 mi
  • Freedom Hill: 7.3 mi
Parks
  • Gravino Park: 0.5 mi
  • Macedon Trolley Stop Square: 0.8 mi
  • Bickford Park: 1.0 mi
  • Macedon Canal Park: 1.2 mi
  • Pal-Mac Aqueduct Park: 1.9 mi
Peaks
Attractions
  • Nathan Harris Home Site: 2.3 mi
  • Lucy Harris Home & Farm: 2.4 mi
  • Martin Harris Farm: 2.4 mi
  • Erie Canal: 2.5 mi
  • Dr. Alexander McIntyre Home: 2.5 mi
Artworks
  • Elmer: 5.9 mi
  • American Eagle: 10.1 mi
  • Rebecca Well: 10.2 mi
  • Faith Hope and Charity: 10.2 mi
  • Daniel Penfield Statue: 10.6 mi
Museums: 39
  • Macedon Historical Society Museum: 2.6 mi
  • Alling Coverlet Museum: 2.6 mi
  • Print Shop Museum: 2.7 mi
  • Phelps General Store and Residence: 2.7 mi
  • Erie Canal Depot: 2.7 mi
Gardens: 32
  • Prayer Garden at Mary Magdalene Church: 10.6 mi
  • North Entrance/Exit Area (Exit lane Side Bed): 13.4 mi
  • South Entrance/Exit Lane Bed (Entrance Lane Side): 13.5 mi
  • North Entrance/Exit Lane Employee Parking Side Turf Area: 13.5 mi
  • Noth Entrance/Exit Lane Turf Area Customer Parking Area: 13.5 mi
Nature reserves: 26
Waterfalls: 10
Beaches: 6
  • Kershaw Beach: 13.5 mi
  • Kershaw Park Small Marine Craft Launch Area: 13.5 mi
  • Windsor Beach: 20.3 mi
  • Ontario Beach: 21.1 mi
  • Crescent Beach: 21.7 mi
Cliffs: 2
Lighthouses: 2
Springs: 1
  • Klippel Spring: 16.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.1 miles of Lock 60 Historic Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stid HillSSW 193°635 m23.0 mi
Johnson HillSSW 192°538 m20.9 mi
Bare HillS 184°470 m23.1 mi
Oak MountainSSW 210°358 m14.6 mi
Baptist HillSSW 205°356 m17.3 mi
Harkness HillS 174°356 m21.0 mi
Hopper HillsSW 230°335 m13.3 mi
Lazarus HillS 171°323 m21.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4419:21
June solstice05:3120:0920:53
September equinox06:5718:3119:08
December solstice07:3815:5116:38

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262735455867717063524131
Precip in2.72.52.93.13.04.12.94.13.44.03.53.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Webster 2 NE, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1279690222

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